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I will pour her stones into the valley and lay bare her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/micah/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“So I, the LORD, will make the city of Samaria a heap of ruins. Her streets will be plowed up for planting vineyards. I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below, exposing her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards, and I will pour down her stones into the valley and uncover her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, <i>and</i> as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley, And I will uncover her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Planting places for a vineyard. I will hurl her stones down into the valley, And lay bare her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley And will lay bare her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the open country, Planting places for a vineyard. I will pour her stones down into the valley, And will lay bare her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field, Planting places for a vineyard. And I will pour her stones down into the valley And will lay bare her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I [the LORD] shall make Samaria a heap of ruins [and of stones and arable land] in the open country, A place for planting vineyards; And I will pour her stones down into the ravine And lay bare her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the countryside, a planting area for a vineyard. I will roll her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the countryside, a planting area for a vineyard. I will roll her stones into the valley and expose her foundations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will uncover the foundations thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So the LORD will leave Samaria in ruins--merely an empty field where vineyards are planted. He will scatter its stones and destroy its foundations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as the plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So I will turn Samaria into a pile of rubble, a place for planting vineyards. I will roll its stones down into a valley and expose its foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the LORD says, "I will make Samaria a pile of ruins in the open country, a place for planting grapevines. I will pour the rubble of the city down into the valley, and will lay bare the city's foundations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"So I will turn Samaria into a mound of dirt in a field, a place to plant vineyards. And I will dump her building stones into the valley, uncovering her foundation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I will turn Samaria into a heap of ruins in an open field--vineyards will be planted there! I will tumble the rubble of her stone walls down into the valley, and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria as a heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down her stones into the valley, and I will lay bare her foundations.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field, like places for planting vineyards; and I will pour down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, "" For plantations of a vineyard, "" And poured out into a valley her stones, "" And her foundations I uncover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I set Shomeron for the rubbish of the field, for the plantings of a vineyard: and I poured down its stones into the valley, and I will uncover its foundations.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a vineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the valley, and will lay her foundations bare. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will place Samaria like a pile of stones in the field, when a vineyard is planted. And I will pull down its stones into the valley, and I will reveal her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So I will make Samaria a ruin in the field, a place to plant vineyards; I will throw its stones into the valley, and lay bare its foundations. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards. I will pour down her stones into the valley, and uncover her foundations.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria as a ploughed field and a place for the planting of a vineyard; and I will pile her stones into a heap, and I will uncover the foundation thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall make Samaria the place of the land of a field and the planting of a vineyard and I shall pile up its stones in a heap and I shall expose its foundations<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the field, A place for the planting of vineyards; And I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, And I will uncover the foundations thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore I will make Samaria <i>as</i> a store-house of the fruits of the field, and <i>as</i> a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/1-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=63" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/1.htm">Judgment Against Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">Therefore I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/5856.htm" title="5856: lə·‘î (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A ruin, heap of ruins. From avah; a ruin.">a heap of rubble</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">in the open field,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4302.htm" title="4302: lə·maṭ·ṭā·‘ê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- From nata'; something planted, i.e. The place, or the thing; by implication, the act, planting.">a planting area</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: ḵā·rem (N-ms) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">for a vineyard.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5064.htm" title="5064: wə·hig·gar·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over.">I will pour</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ’ă·ḇā·ne·hā (N-fpc:: 3fs) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone.">her stones</a> <a href="/hebrew/1516.htm" title="1516: lag·gay (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- A valley. Or gay; probably from the same root as gevah; a gorge.">into the valley</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: ’ă·ḡal·leh (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">and expose</a> <a href="/hebrew/3247.htm" title="3247: wî·sō·ḏe·hā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Foundation, base. From yacad; a foundation.">her foundations.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a></span><br />In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9-12</a></span><br />In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. / And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. / The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-11.htm">Isaiah 10:11</a></span><br />and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-11.htm">Amos 3:11</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a></span><br />For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Isaiah 8:4</a></span><br />For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-18.htm">Jeremiah 26:18</a></span><br />“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-2.htm">Lamentations 2:2</a></span><br />Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Ezekiel 13:14</a></span><br />I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a></span><br />“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-44.htm">Luke 19:44</a></span><br />They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.</p><p class="hdg">I will make.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/3-12.htm">Micah 3:12</a></b></br> Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed <i>as</i> a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">2 Kings 19:25</a></b></br> Hast thou not heard long ago <i>how</i> I have done it, <i>and</i> of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities <i>into</i> ruinous heaps.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/25-2.htm">Isaiah 25:2,12</a></b></br> For thou hast made of a city an heap; <i>of</i> a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built… </p><p class="hdg">and I will pour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-25.htm">Jeremiah 51:25</a></b></br> Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Lamentations 4:1</a></b></br> How is the gold become dim! 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Historically, Samaria was a significant city, both politically and religiously, often associated with idolatry and corruption. The imagery of a "heap of rubble" signifies total destruction, a common prophetic theme indicating God's wrath against sin. The "open field" suggests exposure and vulnerability, emphasizing the complete desolation that would leave the city unprotected and abandoned.<p><b>a planting area for a vineyard</b><br>The transformation of a city into a vineyard symbolizes a reversal of fortunes. Vineyards in biblical times were symbols of prosperity and blessing, but here, the context is one of judgment. The land once occupied by a bustling city would be reduced to agricultural use, indicating a loss of status and significance. This imagery also connects to the idea of God as the vinedresser, who uproots and replants according to His purposes, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>.<p><b>I will pour her stones into the valley</b><br>This phrase suggests a thorough dismantling of the city's structures, with stones being cast down into the valley. It implies not only destruction but also a cleansing of the land from the impurities associated with the city's idolatry. The act of pouring stones into the valley could also symbolize the removal of obstacles, making way for new growth or divine purposes. This imagery is reminiscent of other biblical accounts where cities are destroyed and their remnants scattered, such as the fall of Jericho in <a href="/joshua/6.htm">Joshua 6</a>.<p><b>and expose her foundations</b><br>Exposing the foundations signifies a complete uncovering and humiliation. In ancient construction, foundations were the most secure and hidden parts of a building, representing stability and permanence. By exposing them, God demonstrates the fragility and impermanence of human achievements when they are not aligned with His will. This exposure also serves as a metaphor for revealing the underlying sins and corruption that led to the city's downfall. Theologically, it points to the idea that nothing is hidden from God's sight, as echoed in <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet from Moresheth, Micah prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. His messages were directed towards both Samaria and Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a></b><br>The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Samaria was a center of idolatry and injustice, which led to its prophesied destruction.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_destruction_of_samaria.htm">The Destruction of Samaria</a></b><br>This event refers to the impending judgment and destruction of Samaria due to its sins, as foretold by Micah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>Samaria's destruction serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God and embracing idolatry. Believers are called to examine their own lives for modern forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The prophecy underscores God's control over nations and His ability to execute judgment. Christians are encouraged to trust in God's justice and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While the prophecy is about destruction, it also implies the possibility of restoration. Believers should seek repentance and trust in God's ability to restore.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_foundations.htm">The Importance of Foundations</a></b><br>The exposure of Samaria's foundations symbolizes the uncovering of hidden sins. Christians are urged to build their lives on the solid foundation of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_samaria's_destruction.htm">Micah 1:6 – Is there historical or archaeological evidence to confirm Samaria’s predicted destruction as precisely described here? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_samaria's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Samaria's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_11_5-6_match_assyrian_records.htm">Does Hosea 11:5–6 accurately reflect Assyrian conquests when historical records sometimes dispute the extent of Assyrian rule over Israel? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_amos_6_1_warnings.htm">Is there historical or archaeological evidence confirming Amos's warnings to complacent leaders in Zion and Samaria (Amos 6:1)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Samaria as an heap of the field.</span>--Samaria was to be reduced to what it had been before the days of Ahab; the palatial city of the kings of the northern kingdom should return to the normal condition of a vineyard, which it had before Shemer sold it to Omri. The fruitfulness of its vines suggests one cause of its ruin. "Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine" (<a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm" title="Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!">Isaiah 28:1</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will make.</span> This prophecy, therefore, was delivered before the destruction of Samaria in the fourth year of Hezekiah. <span class="cmt_word">As an heap of the field;</span> or, <span class="accented">into a heap of the field</span>, like a heap of stones gathered off a cultivated field (comp. <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Isaiah 5:2</a>.) Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἰς ὀπωροφυλάκιον ἀγροῦ</span>, "the hut of a fruit watcher." <span class="cmt_word">As plantings of a vineyard;</span> <span class="accented">into the plantings</span>, etc.; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> into mere terraces for vines. Such shall be the utter ruin of the city, that on its site vines shall be planted. The prophet here uses a description of complete destruction which is a regular formula in Assyrian inscriptions, where we read of cities being made into "a rubbish heap and a field." The expression occurs, <span class="accented">e.g.</span>, in a monument of Tiglath-Pileser (see Schrader, 'Keilinschr.,' p. 449). <span class="cmt_word">I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley</span>. Samaria stood on a hilly platform (<a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24</a>), with a sheer descent on every side, and when it was overthrown its stones were hurled into the valley surrounding it, as may be seen to this day. "When we looked down," says Tristram ('Land of Israel,' p. 136), "at the gaunt columns rising out of the little terraced fields, and the vines clambering up the sides of the hill once covered by the palaces of proud Samaria, who could help recalling the prophecy of Micah? Not more literally have the denunciations on Tyre or on Babylon been accomplished. What though Sebaste rose, under Herod, to a pitch of greater splendour than even old Samaria, the effort was in vain, and the curse has been fully accomplished. In the whole range of prophetic history, I know of no fulfilment more startling to the eyewitness in its accuracy than this." <span class="cmt_word">Will discover;</span> <span class="accented">will lay bare</span> (<a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalm 137:7</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Ezekiel 13:14</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/1-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·śam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Samaria</span><br /><span class="heb">שֹׁמְר֛וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(šō·mə·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> </span><span class="str2">Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a heap of rubble</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5856.htm">Strong's 5856: </a> </span><span class="str2">A ruin, heap of ruins</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the open field,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a planting area</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַטָּ֣עֵי</span> <span class="translit">(lə·maṭ·ṭā·‘ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4302.htm">Strong's 4302: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something planted, the place, the thing, the act, planting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for a vineyard.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָ֑רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">A garden, vineyard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will pour</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִגַּרְתִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hig·gar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5064.htm">Strong's 5064: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow, to stretch out, to pour out, down, to deliver over</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her stones</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבָנֶ֔יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇā·ne·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_68.htm">Strong's 68: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into the valley</span><br /><span class="heb">לַגַּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(lag·gay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1516.htm">Strong's 1516: </a> </span><span class="str2">A valley</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and expose</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲגַלֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḡal·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">her foundations.</span><br /><span class="heb">וִיסֹדֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(wî·sō·ḏe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3247.htm">Strong's 3247: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foundation, base</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/1-6.htm">Micah 1:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/1-6.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 1:6 Therefore I will make Samaria like (Mc Mic. 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